The Business of VoiceOver

The Business of VoiceOver

By Julie Williams and Gary MacFaddenBusinessEntrepreneurshipArtsPerforming ArtsMarketing
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The Business of VoiceOver episodes

  • Jodie Bentley and Voiceover Branding
    Actress, narrator, and career coach Jodie Bentley has a riveting conversation with Julie Williams about branding and marketing for voiceover talent. Jodie also discusses her upcoming Free 5-Day Challenge for Voiceover Marketing, coming soon in March 2023. (See below for details.)
    Jodie's FREE 5-DAY CHALLENGE
    March 20 to 24, 2023

    I’ve been hearing from a lot of voice actors lately who are trying to keep up with everything we get to do as artists...it can get pretty overwhelming. Or do you feel like the competition has gotten steeper and you’re not sure how to stand out anymore or make your mark?

    I want to do something about that! From March 20th-24th I’m hosting a: 🔥FREE 5 Day Challenge for Voice Actors Who Want to Level Up.🔥 5 days. 5 tools. To get you where you want to go.

    You’ll learn 5 key strategies that I’ve been teaching my clients for years. These strategies got them from overwhelm and feeling alone to having the tools, systems and planning for their abundance! Email [email protected] to be put on the wait list for the Free 5-Day Challenge registration link.

    For information and to contact Jodie Bentley:

    Websites:

    https://www.jodiebentleycareercoach.com/

    https://jodiebentley.com/

    Jodie's Products:

    The Actor’s Think Tank (membership)

    The Actor’s Office (software)

    40 min
  • VO Atlanta 2023 With J. Michael Collins
    Julie talks with J. Michael Collins (a.k.a. JMC) about what's new at VO Atlanta 2023, coming up soon in March. JMC pointed out that some of the "X-Sessions," which do deep dives into a particular topic, are filling rapidly, and that signing up sooner than later is a good idea. To learn more about VO Atlanta, and get signed up for X-Sessions of your choice, visit the VO Atlanta web site.

    14 min
  • Jonathan Tilley: League of List Builders and Why Pay2Plays Suck
    Gary talks with busy voice talent and coach Jonathan Tilley about why the so-called Pay2Play sites (online casting sites) aren't a good bet for most voice talent, and the much better approach for marketing your voice: direct email marketing. They discuss Jonathan's League of List Builders (LOLB) course, and how learning to get your name in front of the right people with the right message can make all the difference in your voiceover career. For more about the League of List Builders course for February 2023, click on this link: https://www.leagueoflistbuilders.com/
    20 min
  • Tim Friedlander: Potential Health Insurance for VO Talent
    Tim Friedlander talks to Julie about an effort by a new group, the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA) to acquire health insurance coverage for voice-over talents (YOU!).  This would be a potential option for non-union and union talents alike.   But NAVA NEEDS  YOU to fill out a very short form expressing interest in health insurance for voice actors so they can get proposals from health insurance companies!  There is NO commitment involved; you're simply expressing interest.  Please do that at www.NAVAvoices.org NOW! NAVA's closing date for submitting the health insurance census is the end of August (less than two weeks away) and they still need 100 to 150 names added to the census (they currently have approximately 900 names. Here's the catch: if you DON'T complete the census form, you will not be eligible for coverage should an insurance program be instituted this year; you'll have to wait until open enrollment for 2024. It's only expressing interest, so do it now! (The census form takes about two minutes to complete.)
    26 min
  • J. Michael Collins: Gravy For The Brain and VO Conferences
    Julie Williams interviews J. Michael Collins, who is one busy guy! He's not only an in-demand voice talent and VO demo producer, but he's also the USA territory controller for Gravy For The Brain, a UK-based training organization for voice talent, and a partner in the production of the OneVoice Conference (the USA-version is August 4th-7th in Dallas, Texas). And as if that's not enough, J. Michael and his wife recently became the owners of VO Atlanta, America's largest annual voiceover conference.
    30 min
  • Purchasing Used Voiceover Equipment

    Voiceover Insider Podcast co-host Gary MacFadden reveals himself to be a closet used VO equipment buyer who just can't turn down anything with lots of dials and switches. Gary offers several suggestions for exploring the burgeoning market of used VO gear

    14 min
  • Tracy Lindley: LinkedIn & VO Marketing

    Julie Williams talks with LinkedIn marketing expert Tracy Lindley about the importance of LinkedIn as a marketing tool for voice talent. Tracy also discusses her early years as a voice talent, and how setting aside marketing time was vital to advancing her career.

    19 min
  • Nikki Nash and Finding Your Marketing Genius

    Julie Williams talks with marketing mentor Nikki Nash about how pinpointing your unique business vision, determining who wants to pay for your expertise as a voiceover artist and how to set your rates, and more. Nikki is the author of Market Your Genius: How to Generate New Leads, Get Dream Customers, and Create a Loyal Community.

    28 min
  • Episode 72: John Kissinger On E-Learning Publishers

    Voice artist and e-learning developer John Kissinger discusses with Julie why "public enemy #1" isn't your VO peers who are vying for the same e-learning jobs, but in fact the e-learning designers themselves who either want to save money, or just want to give the mic a try themselves.

    16 min

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